As the Internet argues over the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, a search is underway in Florida for what may be his fortune—or at least a part of it. An attorney representing the brother of one of the key players in Craig Wright’s Satoshi story told Gizmodo that he and his client are searching…

Gavin Andresen, chief scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation, said at a conference today that he believes Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin. Andresen said that his accounts were not hacked before his endorsement of Wright as Satoshi, countering speculation from some in the Bitcoin…

As another year draws to a close, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the people who are consistently dropping hands-down some of the longest content on the web. That’s right: I’m talking about YouTube vape reviewers. Let’s get to it.

On Tuesday, Gizmodo andWired published the results of separate but parallel investigations into documents that suggested a new candidate for the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. In emails and documents shared with both publications (by an individual who identified themselves to…

About two weeks before his grisly death, there was a change in Dave Kleiman. The formerly generous and lively computer forensics expert became confrontational and bitter. Around that time, Kleiman left the Veteran’s Affairs hospital where he’d been a patient, and called his close friend and business partner Patrick…

The Guardian and Reutersare reporting that police have raided the home of Craig Wright, an Australian CEO who was identified today in investigations by Gizmodo and Wired as a likely candidate for the secret identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the elusive creator of Bitcoin.

After visiting Bushwick Open Studios on Sunday, I was standing on Bogart Street, talking to an acquaintance who had been peddling art on the sidewalk, when an unmarked police car stopped beside us. An officer leaped out of the car in pursuit of a girl in sunglasses who was drinking something out of a brown paper bag.

Anyone seen this? I just finished the novel today, which was great, but its absurdities would seem to resist film adaptation. It looks like it was well regarded at the time, but this trailer doesn’t inspire much confidence. (Dig that voiceover: “Two total strangers...Destiny drew them together...Fate mad them…

“Here in my garage. Just bought this new Lamborghini here. It’s fun to drive up here in the Hollywood Hills. But you know what I like a lot more than materialistic things? Knowledge.” Perhaps, while waiting impatiently for the new Owl City video to load on YouTube, you came across this dork’s preroll advertisement.…

It's Halloween, and skating is cool, and Seinfeld is even cooler, so here's two goofy-ass skaters dressed as George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer. I could do with more George, but it's pretty great nonetheless.